Clach an Trushal

Clach to Trushal ( Scottish Gaelic: Clach to Truiseil, dt, stone of compassion ', also called Trushal Stone) is 5.8 m, the highest menhir (English Standing Stone ) in Scotland. It is 20 km north of Stornoway, west of the A857 ( road ), near the village of " Baile an Truseil " ( Ballantrushal ) on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, an island of the Outer Hebrides.

The gently sloping to the south stone is below about 1.8 m wide and 1.1 m thick. Approximately half the height it tapers. The long side of the top sloping stone is slightly convex. Above is the covered by lichen stone, probably, highly fissured by lightning. The face on the stone is relatively flat. This indicates a modification of the natural ground surface to a substantially horizontal platform, in order to allow a stone circle. Such platforms are also in other stone circles in the Outer Hebrides. In fact, the solitary upright stone is probably the remnant of a built about 5,000 years ago, the stone circle. The penultimate Menhir of this circle was removed in 1914 and used as a fall. Traces of other standing stones are found in the nearby field walls. In the northeast of the stone circle of Steinacleit is clearly visible.

As with other menhir is said of him that he marks the site of a great battle between the warring clans of MacAulay ( assigned to Lewis since 1610) and Morrison ( MacGilleMhoire ) was beaten. Archaeologists he is regarded as prehistoric, because a thick, remote until the 19th century peat witnessed his advanced age.

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